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\nThe Water Drop Project\n

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\nStudents discover the microorganisms that live in water. They study the structures and life functions of protists and recognize the similarities between them and multicellular organisms.\n
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\n\"Yeasts\n\n
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\nYeasts and Molds\n

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\nStudents investigate the characteristics and nature of yeast and molds help to explain how these microorganisms affect food production. They experiment with yeast in sourdough in preparing sourdough pancakes.\n
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\n\"Life\n\n
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\nLife in a Drop of Pond Water\n

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\nYoung scholars investigate living creatures that inhabit a pond and explore how various organisms satisfy their needs within their environments. In this life in a drop of pond water lesson, students examine microorganisms under...\n
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\nHow Microbes Help Ecosystems\n

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\nSixth graders observe different microorganisms under the microscope. For this biology lesson, 6th graders draw and describe the samples they see. They study the root nodules of plants and explain how the plants benefit from those bacteria.\n
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\nThings Living in a Pond\n

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\nNinth graders observe, compare, and classify various microorganisms using a microscope. They answer discussion questions, and record their observations on a chart.\n
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\nLife in the Soil - Is the Soil Alive?\n

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\nAmaze soil scientists with a list of the myriad of microorganisms residing in a mere 1/4 teaspoon of soil! Then take them on a ride through the carbon cycle, down to the level of decomposers. Finally, give more specific details about the...\n
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\nWhy is Bread Fluffy, Vinegar Sour, and Swiss Cheese Holey?\n

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\nThe gourmands and foodies in your class will love this gastronomical video! Educational and entertaining, the video explains the natural and added microorganisms that occur with food production, including yeast in bread, carbonation in...\n
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\nMaking Up Nutrient Agars\n

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\nA resource rich in information—and nutrients. Learners create agars for the purpose of cell cultivation in Petri dishes. The lesson provides instructions on how to create agars for the cultivation of different microorganisms.\n
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\nTools of Magnification\n

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\nLife science learners need to be able to use a microscope. With this comprehensive resource, they first experience how lenses and magnification work, and then get familiar with using a compound microscope. Tremendous background...\n
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\nInfectious Disease Case Study\n

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\nSmall groups of life science learners look at Allison's symptoms and discuss a diagnosis. They use a chart of illnesses and draw symptom clues from an envelope to determine what illness she has. A lesson like this gives children an...\n
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\nRegents High School Examination: Living Environment 2010\n

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\nThis exam covers every topic in a typical first-year biology course. A wide variety of question styles gives high schoolers every opportunity to show what they know. Why start from scratch when a comprehensive final exam is easily...\n
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\nMicroorganisms\n

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\nThough there are seventy-seven slides in this PowerPoint, only small bits of information are presented on each. It outlines the roles microorganisms play in the environment and spends time listing characteristics of each four different...\n
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\nOur Food and Microorganisms\n

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\nStudents answer questions about how microorganisms can affect our food supply and how they can be controlled. The first set of inquiry activities are directed by the teacher. Subsequent activities are based on students generating their...\n
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\nMicrobial Spoilers: The Impact of Microorganisms on the Shelf-life of Milk\n

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\nStudents are inroduced to a commonly used microbial culturing technique. They explore the role of microorganisms in determining the shelf-life of food products.\n
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\nMicroorganisms: Good Guys or Bad Guys?\n

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\nStudents discover the role microorganisms play in our lives. In this decomposition lesson plan, students examine decaying foods and plants in order to analyze the different bacteria that grows. Students discuss the good and bad of...\n
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\nGeometric Sequences - Bacterial Growth\n

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\nBring algebra to life with scientific applications. Math minded individuals calculate and graph the time it takes a bacterium to double. They discuss geometric sequences and use a chart to graph their findings. There are 38...\n
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\nHow About a Classroom Epidemic?\n

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\nHave individuals wash their hands with soap and water, give one of them a yeast-covered piece of candy, and then have him shake hands with the person next to him. Handshakes continue down the line until everyone in the class has had...\n
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\nHow We Think Complex Cells Evolved\n

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\nBeing able to absorb the abilities of other life forms may seem like something taken from a superhero movie, but sometimes reality is stranger than fiction. Join the narrator as he takes viewers back billions of...\n
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\nComposting in Schools: Observing Compost Microorganisms\n

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\nStudents explore composting. In this composting lesson, students use compound microscopes to observe the microbial communities in compost. Observations and documentation of changes will occur over the course of several weeks.\n
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\nMicroorganism Multiplication\n

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\nSeventh graders complete two experiments to learn about harmful and helpful microorganisms. In this microorganisms lesson, 7th graders read background information about fungi, yeast, and club fungi. Students then complete two experiments...\n
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\nMicrobial Universe - Part 2\n

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\nPart two begins right where part one left off: discussing the potential for infections from microbes. Treatment of diseases is covered as well as the steps taken to prevent infection. New bacteria and viruses continue to develop, but not...\n
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\nMiracle Planet - Snow Ball Earth 3/5\n

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\nThermophiles and other microbes give hints as to how life can continue in extreme temperatures. Fossils in the Namibian Desert are relatively undisturbed and offer other keys to life. Your biology and earth science classes will want to...\n
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\nMicrobes Are Everywhere\n

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\nPost-Assessment: And Now, What Do You Know About Microbes?\n

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\nYour life science class works in their groups to review the concept maps that they have constructed over the course of a microbiology unit. They share what they have learned with the rest of the class. In a second session, they are given...\n
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